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Zines

2 new issues of Proof I Exist by Billy McCall! $3 each #45 A 2023 Reading Log $ & Proof I Exist #46 Jan 24 Looking Back at 2023 (with Ed Kemp)

Pound the Pavement #31 Graphics From the Sleeves of Vinyl Records of Palestinian Resistance and Existence by Josh MacPhee $8

Cat Party #10 by Katie Haegele (Microcosm) $4.95

The Goblin’s Rules of the Game a Guide to Living Life by Sean Aaberg (Microcosm) $10

ABQ Graffiti #4 2024 $2

Green Day Saviors EP Zine by Lennon $2

Hot Plastic Topic Audiophile Approach $3

Stacks #5/Lennon McCrea Zine #28 $3

Johnny America #10 $3

Grachki – Your Key to Midwest DIY Punk and Indie – Night Freak Feb 2024 by Jude BG $5

I’m Afraid I’ll Only Ever Be in Love Again in My Dreams: A Collection of Poems and Photographs by Sophie Potocsnak $5

In Search of Freedom and Self Determination: A Tour Through the Anarchist Movements in Graz, Austria, 1918-1938 by Reinhard Muller $3

Prince Come Home: Community Action With Unhoused Friends by North Seattle Neighbors and Kaitlyn S2

Good Advice From Kaiju: How Can I Live My Life When There’s No Roadmap for the Future $2

Deconstructing Settler Colonialism: The Internationals and Early Anarchism in the Wild West $4

The Party and What Came Before It Jan 2024 by Blair Ellair $10

From the Kitchen by JB and MD $4

Council of All Beings by Tanzen Lilly $10

Through Walls $3

Comics

Honey and Lavender by Clay Borsenik $17

Boys and Boomboxes: Four True Tales From Tweenhood by Carolyn Swiszcz $7

Huey #4 by Levi Friedman $10

Emotional Support by Jude Bettridge $5

Graphic Novels

Fall Through by Nate Powell $24.95

Aya: Claws Come Out by Marguerite Abouet, Clément Oubrerie (Drawn and Quarterly) $24.95

Music Books

All Over the Place: The Rise of THE BANGLES from the LA Underground by Eric M. Shade (Hozac Books) $32.99

Beatles Blackouts: Trips Around the World In Search of Beatles Monuments by Jack Marriott(Microcosm) $17.95

Dead Boys 1977: The Lost Photographs of Dave Treat $29.99

Politics & Revolution Books

Firebrands: Activists You Didn’t Learn About In School/Justseeds Artists Cooperative, edited by Shaun Slifer and Bec Young (Microcosm) $15.95

Graphic Liberation: Image Making & Political Movements by Josh MacPhee (Common Notions) $20

Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements edited by George Breitman $18

Outer Limits Books

Cabarets of Death: Death, Dance and Dining in Early Twentieth-Century Paris by Mel Gordon & Joanna Ebenstein (Strange Attractor Press) $27.95

DIY & Health

Unfuck Your Anger Workbook: Using Science to Manage Frustration Rage and Forgiveness by Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $14.99

Essay

Pagoda: A Lesbian Community by the Sea by Rose Norman $18.95

Pencil by Carol Beggy (Object Lessons Series) $14.95

Fiction

Our Strangers: Stories by Lydia Davis (Bookshop.org/Microcosm) $26

The Bicyclist’s Guide to the Galaxy: Feminist Fantastical Tales of Books and Bikes edited by Elly Blue (Microcosm) $12.95

Corey Fah Does Social Mobility: A Novel by Isabel Waidner $16

Various Stories About Specific Individuals in Particular Situations by Eli S. Evans $9

Sex Guides & Culture

Unfuck Your Kink: Using Science to Enjoy Mind Blowiing BDSM, Fetishes, Fantasy, Porn, and Whatever Your Pervy Heart Desires by Dr Faith G. Harper (Microcosm) $14.95

Chap Books

This Fire by Justin Lacour $15

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Zines

What the Hellraiser by Johnny Misfit $1

Candy Quest by Pez D. Spencer $3

Cross Country Zines by Andria Alefhi Lamberton $7 each: #1 Ireland 27 years later + #2 U.S. 10 E, Solo winter

Touring America: Eddie Goes West With Special Guest Billy McCall $3

Shapes Zine, issues #3-#5, $3 each

Memoirs of a Baby Bootblack #2 by Lore $1

Remedial Images: A Short Magazine of Comics and Writing, edited by Nathan McMurray and Henry Tartt $5

Wett Butt #6 $5

Blessed Are Ye Dead #2 Which Continues the Work of Cataloguing New England Gravestones by Cuyler Keating (Punched Tin Press) $15

Comics

2 comics by Mel Stringer $10 each: Broken Branches #1, Shit Dates #2 Based on True Stories Submitted by Readers

Trickfilm #4 by Charles Brubaker $5

Comics by Aaron Zvi Felder, $5 each: Lines on Lines, Curves on Curves, Melvin Gets Creative

Taunt by Ari Ganahl $10

Graphic Novels

Hypericum by Manuele Fior (Fantagraphics) $29.99

Lauren Ipsum Throws the Book at You by Charles Brubaker (Smallbug Press) $10.99

Music & Film Books

IDLES x Magda Archer: Brutalism – Illustrated Lyrics by Joe Talbot, illustrated by Magda Archer $24.95

Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures, edited by Kevin M Strait and Kinshasha Holman Conwill $29.95

Outer Limits

Tales From Fiddlers Green vol 2 A Peculiar Parish Magazine: Midnight Flowers, edited by Susan Redington Bobby (Wonderella Printed) $20

Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science by Benjamin Breen $30

Memoir

Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford $28.99

Photo Books

City Threads by Wyzendale and Hope Wang $24.99

Fiction

Poor Deer: A Novel by Claire Oshetsky $26.99

Self-Portraits: Stories by Osamu Dazai $15.95

Gifty Stuff

Stickers from Echo Elise Gonzalez (Echo the Human): Rat $6, Owls Sticker Sheet $7

Stickers from Tony Recktenwald: Go Cubes Go $2, Earnest $4

Cards by Jamie Kadas $6 each (Curvy Girl Comics): Let’s Have a Ghouls Night, Wanna Bite?

…and much more!

Zine Club Chicago Online: Crowdfunding Your Zines Edition with Special Guest Scott Russell Morris, Feb. 20th!

Feb
20
7:30 pm

A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with images of zinemaker and professor Scott Russell Morris and the cover of his zine Ace of Magpies, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Crowdfunding Your Zines Edition with Special Guest Scott Russell Morris; Online! Free!; Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024”

Zine Club Chicago Online: Crowdfunding Your Zines Edition with Special Guest Scott Russell Morris
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, February 20 on Zoom
Free!

This month, Zine Club Chicago is excited to welcome special guest Scott Russell Morris, who will be joining us from South Korea to discuss the pros and cons of taking your zines to popular crowdfunding platforms. Scott will present his personal experience from his six Kickstarter campaigns and share insights from other zinesters who’ve used crowdfunding. There will be a lot of practical tips and tricks to help you set up your own zine campaign and a brief brainstorming session to see if crowdfunding is right for your project.

Scott Russell Morris is the creator and editor of Magpie Zines, a zine about tarot, magpies, and found meaning. He is also a university professor, board gamer, and squirrel enthusiast. You can learn more about Scott and his work at skoticus.com and on Instagram @magpiezines

Bring your questions and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Crowdfunding Your Zines Edition with Special Guest Scott Russell Morris at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, February 20.

** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, Feb. 19 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 5 p.m. CT Tuesday, Feb. 20.

Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.

More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with images of zinemaker and professor Scott Russell Morris and the cover of his zine Ace of Magpies, and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Crowdfunding Your Zines Edition with Special Guest Scott Russell Morris; Online! Free!; Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024”

New Stuff This Week

 

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Zines

Porch Goose: A History and Case Study of a Midwestern Icon by Violet B. Fox $5

Street Gallery vol 1 Photographs with Street Art from Southern California and Baja California by John Dishwasher (Six Fires Press) $15

Root Cause: Championing Beets, Turnips, Rutabagas, and Other Unfairly Maligned Vegetables by Andy Boynton (Reciwee Press) $8

Urban Wildlife Guide by Vanessa Zucker $7

From Content Queen: Employee Picks Movies by Phyllis Rosen $4, Employee Picks Movies by Eric Leibrock $4, The Secret Language of Birth Order – Your Complete Personality Guide to Any Relationship With Anyone Even Only Children by Natalia Fisher and Molly Rosen Marriner $8

About Bricks by Brittny Meredith $8

Zines by Key Bridge It Daly: Catalog issues #1 & #2 $3 each, Comp Book Companion vol 1 Something That Can Grow $12 and more.

Comics

Comics by Jude Bettridge $8 each: Visiting Cryptid, Love Letter to Myself

Globar Versus Togar: Chillness Contest Vote for Who Is the Coolest $2

Stone Guk by Sophie Delay $20

Comics by Aiden Guerette $8-$10: Bedroom Imps as Lovingly Manifested by the Prism in My Window, Cricket – A Ringrealm Story, Ring Realm Mini Comics #1 Love Letters

Comics by Tor War $5-$16: The King of the Thieves, Aasimar Dreams, War Casualty & more.

Art Books

Tomer Hanuka: Unknown Pleasures (Gingko Press) $35

Politics & Revolution Books

A Short History of Trans Misogny by Jules Gill-Peterson (Verso) $24.95

The Case for Open Borders by John Washington (Haymarket) $19.95

Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence edited by Mizue Aizeki, Matt Mahmoudi, and Coline Schupfer (Haymarket) $22.95

The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist by Josh Fernandez (PM Press) $22.95

Essays

The Weird Sister Collection: Writing at the Intersections of Feminism Literature and Pop Culture edited by Marisa Crawford (Feminist Press) $26.95

Music Books

A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Rebirth of Afrofuturism by Paul Youngquist $24.95

Fiction

Skin of Dreams by Raymond Queneau $16.95

Magazines

Cut Me Up #12 $18

Sexxxy

Elska #45 Glasgow Scotland $20

Chap Books

From Blue Cubicle Press: The First Line vol 25 #4 $6, The Last Line #9 $4